Dugald Carmichael

{{Short description|Scottish botanist (1772–1827)}}

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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Dugald Carmichael

| birth_date = 1772

| birth_place = Stronacraoibh, Lismore Island

| nationality = British

| death_date = 1827

| death_place = Appin

| field = Botany

}}

Dugald Carmichael (born 1772 in Stronacraoibh, Lismore Island, died 1827 in Appin{{Cite web|url=http://carmichaelwatson.blogspot.com/2009/10/captain-dugald-carmichael-fls.html|title = Carmichael Watson Project Blog: Captain Dugald Carmichael FLS|date = 30 October 2009}}) was a Scottish botanist and officer in the 72nd Highlanders. He is known as the "Father of Marine Botany". The plant genus Carmichaelia is named after him.{{cite web|last=NZ Rhizobia|title=Taxonomy of New Zealand Native Legumes|url=http://www.rhizobia.co.nz/taxonomy/legume.html|accessdate=28 March 2011}}

He was a friend of Sir William Hooker.